New opportunities for Estonian businesses have emerged during the Covid-19 crisis as global supply chains get shorter and become more regional, said Governor of Eesti Pank Madis Müller at a conference on economic security on Wednesday.
He said there is a global trend above all in... more
The latest economic forecast from Eesti Pank expects the recovery of the Estonian economy will be delayed until the second half of the year, but the recovery will be faster. The central bank estimates there will be two sources of growth in the second half of the year as the restrictions on... more
Estonian GDP was 1.2% smaller in the fourth quarter of last year than it was a year earlier. Growth was reined back by branches of the economy that were subject to restrictions, such as accommodation, food service and entertainment. GDP... more
The latest economic forecast from Eesti Pank expects the Estonian economy to recover from the crisis in 2021 and to return to where it was before the crisis in the second half of next year. The outlook for the Estonian economy is uncertain though, as the pandemic remains impossible to predict... more
Data from Statistics Estonia put Estonian GDP down 1.9% over the year in the third quarter, but up 3.3% on the previous quarter. This performance is better than that outlined in the baseline forecast scenario and is closer to that in the... more
Governor of Eesti Pank Madis Müller said in a presentation at a conference on accounting on Thursday that the second wave of the pandemic crisis will cause new uncertainty in the economy, which means that rather than increasing its fixed costs, the state should be flexible in the coming year and... more
Governor of Eesti Pank Madis Müller spoke at the Äriplaan 2021 economic conference on Tuesday, where he said that although the Estonian economy has outperformed expectations so far, the uncertainty caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus means that both businesses and the government need to... more